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Miguel Escobar Varela

@miguelev.bsky.social
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Assoc Prof, National University of Singapore 🎓 Computational Methods ∩ Cultural Heritage ∩ Southeast Asia 🏛 Co-director, cssh.nus.edu.sg 🌐 miguelescobar.com

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Alison Babeu @alicatlibrarian.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Perseus Digital Library has been hard at work on Minimum Viable Perseus (Perseus MVP). Designed as a static site and heavily inspired by the beloved but faltering P4 (and its awesome users), please check out our efforts here (sites.tufts.edu/perseusupdates) and try it out: beta.perseus.tufts.edu
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 19/09/2026
I assume that when whoever is making it IPOs they will reveal the full lineup implied by the existence of Tilly Norwood.
Grid of logic gate options as Venn diagrams of Tilly Norwood, Tilly Orwood, Tilly Andwood, Tilly Xorwood, Tilly Nandwood, and Tilly Xnandwood
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Fabian Offert @zentralwerkstatt.org · 19/09/2026
UK friends, next Tuesday we will Europe-launch our book at King's College: 9/2, 4L30pm, KCL Macadam Building MAC 106. Panel w/ @joannazylinska.bsky.social, @dchavezheras.bsky.social & @mrsbunz.bsky.social hosted by the Creative AI Lab. Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/digit...
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Select tickets – Creative AI presents: 'Vector Media' Book Launch 📚🌐 – Macadam, Surrey St - King's College London
Creative AI presents: 'Vector Media' Book Launch 📚🌐 – Macadam, Surrey St - King's College London, Tue 22 Sep 2026 - We would like to invite you to attend our book launch celebrating Vector Media with ...
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COMPLEX NETWORKS 2026 @complexnetconf.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
⏳ 1 week left to submit to COMPLEX NETWORKS 2026! 📅 Deadline: Sept 2, 2026. 📍 Granada, Spain | Dec 2–4. 📄 Full papers & extended abstracts welcome! 🔗 Submission platform: complexnetworks.org/submission/ #ComplexNetworks #NetworkScience #GraphLearning #ComplexSystems #CallForPapers
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
By visualizing millions of models as nodes in a giant network, researchers can now trace the ancestry of fine-tuned, merged and quantized version of widely used AI models such as Mistral, Gemma and Llama. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1uD... 1/
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The AI Model Atlas | | Complexity Thoughts
YouTube video by Manlio De Domenico
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Anna Alexandrova @annaalexandrova.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Two junior research fellowships @kingscollege.bsky.social opening soon due on Oct 1st. The theme is REPLICATION conceived broadly to encompass different research projects in humanities and social sciences. As a philosopher of science I am esp hoping for applications in #philsci #metascience #hps
kings.cam.ac.uk
Current research opportunities
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Adrian Vickers @avick.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Our new SEAsia DH project is finally out: siteandspace.powerinstitute.org.au/content-map
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Map | Site & Space in South-East Asia
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
💡 We're hiring for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science Read more and apply before 11 October 👉️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
LSE Department of Methodology hiring — Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science; applications close 11 October 2026; apply at www.jobs.lse.ac.uk and follow @lsemethodology.
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Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelev.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Sad to be missing #dh2026 @dh2026daejeon.bsky.social but enjoying it vicariously through your everyone's posts. Keep 'em coming please! And say hello to my NUS colleagues if you see them
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Christof S. 🇪🇺 @christof.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026
🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 🚀 With #DH2026 in #Daejeon starting next week, please join me in applauding the local organizers for publishing the complete "Book of (extended) Abstracts" ahead of schedule! In PDF with no less than 1013 pages, and also in glorious XML versions! […] [Original post on fedihum.org]
Zenodo landing page for the Book of Abstracts.
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Élika Ortega @elikaortega.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Delighted to share that Binding Media has won the 2026 N. Katherine Hayles Award for Criticism of Electronic Literature! So honored to received this particular award because Hayles' work taught me to think about the weird literary works I've always been interested in. @stanfordpress.bsky.social
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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Cool new paper about correcting the biases in cultural data using methods from ecology. royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/article...
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Correcting collection bias in comparative studies of diversity
Abstract. Comparative analyses of diversity in human populations often rely on historical, archival and observational data, which are systematically shaped
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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Thrilled to announce the amazing keynote speakers for #CHR2027, @UoM in January 2027: Katherine McDonough and Fotis Jannidis! CFP is open: we look forward to welcoming you in Manchester! 2027.computational-humanities-research.org/cfp/ #DigitalHumanities #ComputationalHumanities #CfP #CHR
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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We are inviting proposals to host the annual #CHR conference! A single bid may now cover the coming three editions (December 2027, December 2028, and December 2029). 📝 Expression of interest: September 15 📝 Full proposal: November 10 More info: computational-humanities-research.org/hosting_2027/
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Tiago Peixoto @tiago.skewed.de · 08/07/2026
Good news everyone! 🎉 The new version 3.0 of graph-tool is just out with major improvements! See below. graph-tool.skewed.de graph-tool is a comprehensive and efficient Python library to work with networks, including structural, dynamical, and statistical algorithms, as well as visualization. 1/N
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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The next Network Science and Economics Conference NSE-12 will be held at the University of Luxembourg Oct 23-25, 2026. Here is a call for papers (due July 31): web.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/Ca...
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Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelev.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
As the World Cup kicks off, here's how Utusan Melayu covered the 1966 edition — in Jawi script. Explore more at the Jawi AI Project (culturalheritagenus.github.io/jawi/). #Jawi #AI #WorldCup @cssh-nus.bsky.social
An image of the Utusan Melayu newspaper, in Jawi (the Arabic script adapted to Malay)
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Impresso Project @impresso.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
📣 Applications are open for 3 fully funded Visiting Fellowships at C2DH, University of Luxembourg, as part of the Impresso project. 📍 Luxembourg ⏳ 3 months 💶 Travel, housing & daily allowance covered 📅 Deadline: 1 July 2026 Read more and apply here: impresso-project.ch/news/2026/06...
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3 Visiting Fellowships in Computational Humanities
We are happy to announce another opportunity to join the Luxembourg-based Impresso team: applications are now open for 3 fully funded Visiting Fellowships to explore, enrich, and innovate with the Imp...
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
So this is apparently happening
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Richard McElreath 🐈‍⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Statistical Rethinking 2026 is done: 20 new lectures emphasizing logical and critical statistical workflow, from basics of probability theory to causal inference to reliable computation to sensitivity. It's all free, made just for you. Lecture list and links: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 12/05/2026
O great hive mind! About a week ago I saw someone doing further experimentation on Talkie's coding abilities — I think with few-shot examples? I know the Talkie-1930 release itself does some testing of its coding ability, but I think this went beyond that? Am I hallucinating?
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Manlio De Domenico @manlius.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Do you have strong opinions about the foundational concepts of Complex Systems and Network Science? Help us map the intellectual landscape of the field: manliodedomenico.com/complexity_m... 🧵 1/
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Amanda Wasielewski @amandawasielewski.com · 07/05/2026
Cover reveal! Digital Photography after AI out Dec 1, 2026! 🎉 mitpress.mit.edu/978026205639...
Cover of book with title Digital Photography after AI showing an AI-generated image of a flamingo in a bathtub
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Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelev.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Currently in Stuttgart for this fascinating, truly interdisciplinary conference www.ikg.uni-stuttgart.de/institut/akt...
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SYMBOLIC INTERFACES -Konferenz mit dem wissenschaftlichen Beirat des SRF am 5. + 6. Mai 2026 | News | 30.04.2026 | Institut für Kunstgeschichte | Universität Stuttgart
Sebastian Padó/Kerstin Thomas (SRF Stuttgart): Emotions and Emotion Symbols in Art: A Mixed-Methods Analysis (5.5.26)
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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 28/04/2026
This is the eagerly-awaited Levine / Devenaud / Radford historical model. First really sizable model trained only on period material. Definitely check it out!
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Luca Maria Aiello @lajello.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Thrilled to announce CS2Nordics: the First Nordic Conference on Computational Social Science. Copenhagen, September 21-22, 2026. We invite all CSS researchers in the Nordics as well as in the international research community to submit 2-page abstracts by June 19: nosocss.org/conference.h....
View over the canal in Nyhavn, Copenhagen
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Jill Walker Rettberg @jilltxt.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Are you an early career research who would like to spend a semester at the Center for Digital Narrative at the University of Bergen? We have a call out now for a stipend to cover mobility expenses for 3-4 months in the first half of 2027. Apply before 15 May! skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=...
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2027 CDN Guest Researcher Fellowship
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Ben Nagy @rantyben.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I finally got around to open-sourcing the full build for my PhD thesis: github.com/bnagy/nagy-t... which may be of minor interest to some people. All but one of the papers are published elsewhere, but it has some interesting LaTeX tricks, and I enjoyed writing the conclusion a great deal.
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GitHub - bnagy/nagy-thesis-2025: PhD thesis: Computational approaches to Latin literature
PhD thesis: Computational approaches to Latin literature - bnagy/nagy-thesis-2025
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 06/04/2026
There's a nice #Artemis II mission tracker here: artemis.cdnspace.ca LOTS of data about its current position, crew activities, and whether or not the toilet is currently "Go"
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Artemis II Tracker — Live Mission Control
Real-time mission control dashboard tracking NASA's Artemis II crewed lunar flyby. Live telemetry, DSN comms, orbit visualization, and crew activities.
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Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelev.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Back from an amazing workshop at Berkeley. Thank you all for a great week of multimodal awesomeness! Now getting back to routine amidst jetlag ~ % caffeinate -t 480
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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I've started a "History of NLP" repo to store all of these resources. I don't have time to add everything yet, but I'll keep chipping away, and help is welcome. github.com/maria-antoni...
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GitHub - maria-antoniak/history-of-nlp: a public, crowd-sourced bibliography about the history of natural language processing (nlp)
a public, crowd-sourced bibliography about the history of natural language processing (nlp) - maria-antoniak/history-of-nlp
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Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Join @taylor-arnold.bsky.social and me for a postdoc to expand distant viewing! 2 years. Awesome liberal arts college. Great city. Option to teach 1-2 courses a year for extra pay. Thanks to Mellon for the opportunity! Happy to answer any questions. richmond.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/staff_...
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Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelev.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
En route to Berkeley for this, looking forward! www.ischool.berkeley.edu/events/cultu...
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Cultural Analytics Workshop Week (Spring 2026)
Multimodal Models for the Study of Culture: A week of Cultural Analytics workshops
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Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelev.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
After almost two years in operation, the Centre finally had the official opening it deserves! @mmvty.bsky.social, it was wonderful to have you here!
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Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelev.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The Straits Times did a nice piece on our centre (@cssh-nus.bsky.social), which will be officially launched this coming Wednesday, with @mmvty.bsky.social as our keynote speaker. Looking forward! www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pa...
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Predicting public opinion, preserving historical texts: New NUS centre marries humanities with AI
A new NUS centre is combining AI with humanities to predict public opinion, preserve historical texts, and tackle complex social issues. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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Josh Nguyen @joshnguyen.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Benchmarks of LLM common sense overwhelmingly rely on correct labels to report an accuracy score. But what if your "ground truth" genuinely differs from mine? In a new @pnasnexus.org paper, @duncanjwatts.bsky.social, @whiting.me and I explore the implications of this intriguing question. 🧵⤵️
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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Postdoc positions at UC Berkeley, including with the fabulous Cultural Analytics group: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05222
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Bellwether Postdoctoral Scholar - School of Information
University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!
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Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelev.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We're thrilled to be hosting Meredith Martin (@mmvty.bsky.social) in Singapore and honored to have her as the keynote speaker for the launch of CSSH!
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Centre for Computational Social Science and Humanities @cssh-nus.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
After two years in operation, we'll officially launch the Centre for Computational Social Science & Humanities on 4 March! The day will feature a keynote by Prof. Meredith Martin (@mmvty.bsky.social) & the announcement of the Singapore History + AI Hackathon winners. cssh.nus.edu.sg/cssh-launch-...
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Aaron Tay @aarontay.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
[blogged] Why Ghost References Still Haunt Us in 2025—And Why It's Not Just About LLMs aarontay.substack.com/p/why-ghost-...
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Why Ghost References Still Haunt Us in 2025—And Why It's Not Just About LLMs
Ghost references existed long before LLMs. This post examines how Google Scholar's [CITATION] mechanism and web pollution may undermine RAG verification.
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Lauren Tilton @nolauren.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Syllabus time. Computational Humanities from Debates in DH series is OA! Co-eds with @dmimno.bsky.social Jessica Marie Johnson. Articles from @dbamman.bsky.social @kmcdono.bsky.social @roopikarisam.bsky.social @bschmidt.bsky.social @barbaramcgilli.bsky.social @quinnanya.me @tharsen.bsky.social 👇🏼
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Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
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Taha Yasseri @tahayasseri.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Thrilled to announce the Handbook of Computational Social Science is officially out! 956 pages, 118 authors, and truly global, interdisciplinary perspectives. Deep thanks to the contributors and anonymous reviewers who shaped this over 4 years. Buy your copy now! @elgarpublishing.bsky.social
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Brett Bobley @brettbobley.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Big congrats to these 23 projects that just won awards from the @schmidtsciences.bsky.social HAVI program! Please spread the word. (NB I've been helping the HAVI team on this program. This is a broad slate of terrific DH projects!) www.schmidtsciences.org/havi-2025-an...
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Schmidt Sciences awards $11M in grants to bring AI to humanities research - Schmidt Sciences
Contact: Carlie Wiener; cwiener@schmidtsciences.org NEW YORK—Schmidt Sciences has awarded $11 million for up to 23 teams of researchers around the world to develop and apply artificial intelligence to...
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Lynn Cherny @arnicas.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Proceedings for the Computational Humanities Review conf #chr2025 happening now in Luxembourg (I am not at it and am sad): anthology.ach.org/volumes/vol0...
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Edited by Taylor Arnold, Margherita Fantoli, and Ruben Ros
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Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelev.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Looking forward meeting with folks at #CHR2025 @comphumresearch.bsky.social
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Miguel Escobar Varela @miguelev.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Learning more about the impressive newspaper research projects by @impresso.bsky.social #chr2025
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Melanie Walsh @mellymeldubs.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
As DH grows, it’s increasingly important to publish conference papers, but there hasn’t been a clear venue for that. So I’m thrilled to share this new home for DH proceedings, which will include CHR papers & more. Thanks to @taylor-arnold.bsky.social for leading this effort! bit.ly/ach-anthology
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Introducing the Anthology for Computers and the Humanities

Taylor Arnold, Maria Antoniak, Miguel Escobar Varela, Marie Puren, Mila Oiva , Amanda Regan, Lauren Tilton, and Melanie Walsh

1 Data Science and Statistics, University of Richmond, U.S.A.
2 Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder, U.S.A.
3 Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore
4 Laboratoire de Recherche de l'EPITA, Paris, France
5 History and Archaeology, University of Turku, Finland
6 History and Geography, Clemson University, U.S.A.
7 Rhetoric and Communication Studies, University of Richmond, U.S.A.
8 Information School, University of Washington, U.S.A.

Permanent Link: https://doi.org/10.63744/HHsQG7hNWyxG

Published: 25 September 2025
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Daniel Alves @danielalvesfcsh.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Available volume 19.2 of IJHAC: A Journal of Digital Humanities, dedicated to AI and Digital Humanities. Guest editors @miguelev.bsky.social and @javiercha.bsky.social. Amazing work from them and from all the authors. With 3 articles in open access😍! www.euppublishing.com/toc/ijhac/19/2
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Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - ijhac: Vol 19, No 2
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Computational Humanities Research @comphumresearch.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Registration for #CHR2025 is now open! Visit our website for details on registration fees and how to register: 2025.computational-humanities-research.org/venue/ See you in Luxembourg!
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Digital Humanities Potsdam @dhpotsdam.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
From Ancient Greek to 20 century Yiddish, and from Spain to Georgia: the #DraCor Corpora Conference at #DraCorSummit 2025 is starting right now! 18 @dracor.org corpora presentations to go! The first one is by @juliajbeine.bsky.social about the #NeoLatDraCor
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